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Deutsch: Unbekannte Werkstatt der Bronzegießergilde Igun Eronmwon.
English: Undefined workshop of Bronze Casters Guild Igun Eronmwon.
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Deutsch: Benin-Bronze. Behälter in Form eines Kopfes mit drei Füßen. Vermutlich der des körperlosen Ofoe, dem Boten des Todesgottes Ogiuwu in der Mythologie der Edo.
English: Benin bronze. Container in the shape of a head with three feet. Presumably that of the disembodied Ofoe, messenger of death god Ogiuwu in Edo mythology.
Date 16th century or 17th century AD
Medium bronze
medium QS:P186,Q34095
institution QS:P195,Q675774
Accession number
C 3692
Place of creation
Deutsch: Königreich Benin (Nigeria)
English: Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria)
Object history
Deutsch: Geraubt, nachdem britische Truppen im Februar 1897 das Königreich Benin niederwarfen. Erworben 1903 von John Paul Frisch. Resitution 2022.
English: Looted after British troops crushed the Kingdom of Benin in February 1897. Acquired 1903 from John Paul Frisch. Resitution 2022.
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Source/Photographer Self-photographed by User:Bullenwächter Andreas Franzkowiak, Halstenbek, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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